Bottle-wire cutter.



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BOTTLE WIRE CUTTER. *APPLIQATION FILED NOV. 5, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

JOHN A. GOEBLER, OF ALBANY, INDIANA.

BOTTLE-WIRE CUTTE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. GoEBLER, of Albany, county of Delaware, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Bottle-Wire Cutter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient means to cut and remove wires and the like on bottles used to hold the corks in the bottles.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device with a bottlein place. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device with the top and actuating lever removed, parts being in section. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section through the device, showing the parts in their normal position. Fig. 4 is the same, showing the parts in their operated position. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a wooden block used in the device and the springs for holding the hooks against the neck of the bottle. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the neck of the bottle showing wires that are to be removed by the device herein set forth.

The object of this invention is to cut and remove the wires 8 that surround the neck of a bottle 9 and extend over the mouth of the bottle for holding the cork in place. These Wires are wrapped around the neck of'the bottle below the head or enlargement thereon,

and thence the wires are extended over the A sometimes injures the neck of a bottle.

The device constituting my invention for cutting wires and the like on the necks of bottles is preferably mounted on a table 10 or the like. It includes a casing 11 consisting of two vertical sides and an inclined back, the latter appearing in Fig. 3. This casing is secured to the table by screws 12 through flanges, as shown in Fig. 1. Within this casing 1 1 there is awooden block 13 that almost fills it, and upon the wooden block there is a plate 30, and on the casing there is a top-14 secured by screws. The block 13 and plate Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 5, 1906. Serial N0. 342,03 9,

Patented May 21, 1907.

30 have semicircular grooves in the top thereof extending longitudinally to receive the neck of a bottle. The top 14 is centrally curved upwardly over the groove in said block so as to form a groove in the under side the reciprocation of the plunger 15. This plunger is a round rod-like piece of wood preferably, and its function is, after the neck of the bottle has been inserted, to force the bottle backward to enable the wires to be cut.

The plunger 15 is actuated by a hand-lever 16 fulcrumed to the top 14 by a pivot 17 and connected with the plunger 15 by a pin 18 that extends through the lever and loosely through a longitudinal slot 19 in the top 14 and into the plunger 15. Said plunger is held in its normal and outward position by a fiat spring 20 fastened at the lower end to the casing with its upper end fitting in a recess 21 in the outer portion of the plunger, as shown in Fig. 3. i

The lever 16 is used to move the plunger 15 inward, and the s ring 20 returns it to its normal position. The plate 30 is mounted immediately upon the top of the block 13 of said top, the grooves in the plate30 and in the top co-opcrating to form an opening for and extends entirely across the surface of said block, and has a semicircular downe wardly curved portion fitting in the groove ends to the block 13 by the screws or pins 23 and with their forward ends projecting into the path of the plunger. The free or for ward ends are forced toward each other by springs 24, said springs being formed as shown in Fig. 5, of one wire secured at the rear end of the block so as to leave-the arms projecting through longitudinal recesses 28 in the block that permit the lateral or spreading movement of said springs, and the springs are upturned at their forward ends so as to engage the lateral edges of the hooks 22. The pins 26 stop the inward movement of said hooks. The inner edges of the outer ends of the hooks are beveled so that the neck of the bottle can be pushed in between them, and as the bottle is pushed in, it forces the hooks laterally. Saidhooks project rearwardly toward the plunger. The plunger has notches 25 that register with these knife edges so that when the plunger is pushed to its forward limit, as shown in Fig. 4, the points of the hooks 22 will project into said notches and not en age the plunger.

The operation ot the device is as follows: The neck of the bottle is inserted into the device as shown in Fig. 1, which forces the knives 22 aside until it is fully inserted, whereupon the knives are returned by the springs 24 so that the hooks 22 will fall behind the wires 8, hook like. Then the lever 16 is actuated, which causes the plunger 15 to force the bottle out, and during such movement of the bottle, the wires 8 are caught on the hooks 22 and pulled or cut.

It is obvious that with such a device bot-- tles may be very rapidly inserted and the wires pulled or cut therefrom.

To facilitate the rapidity of the operation, the upper part of the device is inclined as shown in Fig. 3, so that the neck of the bottle may be more readily inserted than if that part of the device were in some other position. The hooks 22 are preferably sharp with a knife edge, as shown, so they will cut as well as pull.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device for removing wires and the like from the necks of bottles that includes a casing, means connected with the casing for engaging the Wires on the neck of a bottle after it is inserted, and means for moving the neck of the bottle away from said wire-engaging means whereby the wire will be removed from the neck of the bottle.

2. A device For removing wires and the like from thenecks oi bottles that includes a easing, hooks pivotally mounted in the casing between which the neck of the bottle may he inserted so that the wire thereon will be engaged by said hooks, means for holding the hooks in engagement with the wires, and means for forcing the neck of the bottle outward against the action of said hooks, during which movement said hooks remove the wire.

3. A device for removing wires and the like from the necks 01'' bottles that includes a casing having a cham her into which the neck of a bottle may be inserted, hooks pivotally mounted on each side of said chamber and adapted to extend into said chamber with rearwardly extending hookshaped points adapted to engage the wire on the bottle after it is inserted, springs that hold said hooks against the bottle, a plunger mounted in said chamber, and a lever for moving said plunger against the bottle and forcing the bottle outward, during which movement the hooks remove the wire.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto a1- fixed my signature in the presence oi the witnesses herein named.

JOHN A. GOIDBLE'R.

Witnesses:

E. H. Cannxnr, A. E. DE Anmonn. 

